YOUTH BASEBALL: SOUTHERN TIER THUNDER WINS ECTB TOURNAMENT (2018-09-17)

Tioga County Sports Report
WALNUTPORT, Pa. - The Southern Tier Thunder 12U travel baseball team, which includes three Tioga Country residents, won the 6th Annual ECTB Keystone State Kickoff her Sunday. Among the Thunder's players were Owego-Apalachin's Mathew Higgins and Ben Rollison, and Tioga's Conlan Taylor.

The Thunder went 4-0 in the three-day, nine-team tournament. Sourhern Tier opened play Saturday afternoon with back-to-back games. The Thunder opened with a 10-0 shutout over the PA Shockers, then followed that win with an 8-1 victory against the Parkland Snipers.

On Sunday, the Thunder defeated Avengers Baseball in the semifinals, 9-8, on a walk-off base hit. In the championship game, Southern Tier took another high-scoring affair, beating Iron Colts, 8-7.

The Colts finished the tourney with a 3-1-1 record.